La Jara, CO
Single-footprint Census roll-up for La Jara, CO: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,341. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
Source:
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet LA-JARA-CO · La Jara, CO 1 ZIPs · 2,341 pop · #22680/25278 · Conejos County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID
- INC-MID $46,781
- RANK-BOTTOM #22680/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Antonito
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 2,341
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-MID $239,700
Nearest income peer: Antonito, CO (+ $765 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around La Jara
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest La Jara on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Sanford · lowest
Sanford · lowest
$43,417 median HH income
- Romeo · near
Romeo · near
$45,469 median HH income
- La Jara · this city
La Jara · this city
$46,781 median HH income
- Antonito · near
Antonito · near
$47,546 median HH income
- Manassa · near
Manassa · near
$59,539 median HH income
- Capulin · highest
Capulin · highest
$88,793 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, La Jara, CO sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 10th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 2,341
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $46,781
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($46,781 average) · poverty 13.9%. The primary code (81140) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating La Jara as a pure owner town.
Within Colorado, Branson is the closest lower-income city and Fowler the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for La Jara.
ZIP Codes in La Jara, CO
These ZIP codes sit in Conejos County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in La Jara. See the Conejos County roll-up →
La Jara lands mid-pack among the 5 cities sharing Conejos County: Manassa and Capulin earn more and Sanford and Romeo earn less. Capulin marks the far end of that range at $88,793, 90% above La Jara.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81140 | 2,341 | 4 | America/Denver |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for La Jara, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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